LOCAL GOVT AUDIT COMMITTEE WAS SET UP TO FAST TRACK DEVELOPMENT IN OUR LGAs : BANIGO
Rivers State Deputy Governor Dr. (Mrs) Ipalibo Harry Banigo says the purpose of setting up the Committee to investigate and audit the financial transactions of the 23 Local Government Councils is to reposition our Local Government Areas as the bastion of grassroots development and democratic dividends. Rivers State Deputy Governor, Dr. (Mrs.) Ipalibo Harry Banigo (Right) addressing the Chairmen of the 23 LGA’s in the State during a meeting with the Committee to Investigate and Audit the Financial Transactions of the 23 LGA’s from may 2018 to may 2019 at Government House, Port Harcourt on 30 th May, 2019. The Deputy Governor stated this when the Committee met with Chairmen of the 23 Local Government Councils at the Government House in Port Harcourt on Monday, 30 th May, 2019. According to Dr. Banigo “the Local Government is the closest tier of Government to the People. His Excellency wants to be sure that monies that get to the Local Government are used in the ove